Yamada Willow Daraku-Neko 's Yamada Willow is a monoblock split with the Willow layout and an ambidextrous numpad.
KBD.news Published April 10, 2022
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@daraku_neko brought together Hanachi 's Willow layout and the ambidextrous numpad of Cerbekos ' Tenalice Ambidextrous .
Hanachi 's Willow layout, recently featured on his Ergotonic F-24 , tries to project the finger positions of a "tented hand" onto a flat surface – resulting in characteristically curved columns. Here is Hanachi 's original write-up on the concept.
And the ambidextrous numpad by Cerbekos could be seen on the Tenalice Ambidextrous . This numpad is positioned symmetrically in the center, in 45°, so you can reach it with the same effort regardless of your dominant hand.
Now, thanks to Daraku-Neko , you can have the best of both worlds.
Like many Japanese designs, the Yamada Willow is closed-source and is available as a kit at booth.pm .
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